Enrollment
270
Middle
DISTRICT 266 · STATE 381
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MILWAUKEE SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 550960001238
Roosevelt Middle
800 W Walnut St, Milwaukee, WI 53205 · (414) 267-8800 · Milwaukee County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL270 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
17.2:1
16 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.1:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
95%
257 students
DISTRICT 84% · STATE 42%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | 67 | 25% |
| Grade 7 | 77 | 29% |
| Grade 8 | 126 | 47% |
Student demographics
21%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 66% · STATE 54% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
Forward Exam 2024-25 . % Meeting or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
15.9%
WI avg 53.1% . +4.9pp since 2023
Math
7.7%
WI avg 54.8% . +5.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the Forward Exam, Wisconsin's statewide test, about 16 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 8 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Wisconsin schools, those numbers are about 53 and 55. Reading and writing scores are up about 5 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 5 points.
Forward Exam results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 15.9% | 7.7% |
| 2023-24 | 11.0% | 2.7% |
% Meeting or Advanced, all students and all tested grades.
Source: Forward Exam. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
11.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
19.3%
based on WI schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-7.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 12% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 19% typical for Wisconsin schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Wisconsin's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Roosevelt Middle
Roosevelt Middle's state test result (11.5% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Roosevelt Middle this school | 270 | 95.2% | 11.5% |
| King International Baccalaureate Middle Milwaukee | 159 | 91.2% | 5.3% |
| Andrew S Douglas Middle Milwaukee | 106 | 88.7% | 6.5% |
| Lincoln Middle Milwaukee | 309 | 93.2% | 9.9% |
| One City Preparatory Academy Monona | 99 | 72.7% | 23.2% |
| Morse Mid Milwaukee | 383 | 79.6% | 13.5% |
Matched among Wisconsin middle schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Roosevelt Middle ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Wisconsin | In Milwaukee County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 11.5% | #318 of 323 | #22 of 26 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 7.7% | #322 of 327 ▲ 3 | #23 of 27 ▲ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 15.9% | #321 of 327 ▲ 2 | #23 of 27 ▲ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 270 | #222 of 389 | #21 of 28 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.2:1 | #259 of 265 | #22 of 23 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 20.6% | #219 of 265 | #23 of 23 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 95.2% | #2 of 323 | #2 of 26 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -29.9% | #14 of 176 | #6 of 20 |
Ranked against other public middle schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
270
-74 (-22%) vs 2020
-59% since 1990-91, when it was 666
Student : Teacher
17.2:1
was 15.6:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 270 | 15.7 | 17.2:1 | 95% (257) |
| 2023-24 | 225 | 17.7 | 12.7:1 | 95% (213) |
| 2022-23 | 309 | 17.6 | 17.6:1 | 94% (289) |
| 2020-21 | 344 | 22 | 15.6:1 | 96% (330) |
| 2017-18 | 385 | 24 | 16.1:1 | 87% (334) |
| 2015-16 | 432 | 19 | 22.7:1 | 89% (386) |
| 2010-11 | 774 | 41 | 18.9:1 | 76% (585) |
| 2000-01 | 674 | 42 | 16.1:1 | 69% (464) |
| 1990-91 | 666 | 41 | 16.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Roosevelt Middle.
Since 2017-18: students down 30% (385 to 270); teachers down 34% (24 to 15.7).
About Roosevelt Middle
Roosevelt Middle is a small middle-grades school in Wisconsin, with an address in Milwaukee. There are 270 students enrolled, covering grades 6 through 8. On average, middle schools in Wisconsin enroll around 381, and this school is 29% below that mark.
Milwaukee School District serves 65,835 students across 155 schools.
By race and ethnicity, Roosevelt Middle is 89% Black. The remaining shares are 4% Hispanic and 4% multiracial. Milwaukee County as a whole is about 26% Black, so the school's share is higher. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 21, compared with 70 nationally.
For every teacher at Roosevelt Middle, there are about 17.2 students; the school has 15.7 full-time-equivalent teachers. Compared with the 12.8:1 average for middle schools in Wisconsin, this school's ratio is higher. The eligibility rate for free or reduced-price meals is 95%. It compares with 64% for public schools in Milwaukee County.
In Wisconsin, Roosevelt Middle is in the middle band of BeatsExpectations: 11.5% actual against a predicted 19.3%.
For the population of Milwaukee County, the median household earns about $64,435 a year, about 35% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 13% of residents are in poverty. Across Milwaukee County, 284 public schools serve about 122,496 students.
Alliance School of Milwaukee is the nearest public school to Roosevelt Middle, less than a tenth of a mile away. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8. Nearby schools with test data average 22.6% proficiency; Roosevelt Middle posts 11.5%.
NCES lists the school's locale as City: Large. That means it sits inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
From 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment fell from 344 to 270, a 22% drop. Staffing shifted too: the ratio moved from 15.6:1 to 17.2:1.
On allk12, people connected to Roosevelt Middle can post about pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. Members of the school community can share what they know.
Milwaukee County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
926,331
Census ACS
Median income
$64,435
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
35%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
13%
Below federal line
Schools in county
284
122,496 students
Quick facts
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Other Roosevelt Middle schools
16 other US public schools in 15 states are named Roosevelt Middle. Roosevelt Middle is the 16th largest of the 17.
- Roosevelt MiddleBLAINE, MN · 1,087 students
- Roosevelt MiddleOceanside, CA · 866 students
- Roosevelt Middle SchoolOklahoma City, OK · 858 students
- ROOSEVELT MIDDLE SCHOOLWEST PALM BEACH, FL · 793 students
- Roosevelt Middle SchoolNew Bedford, MA · 759 students
Nearby schools
- Alliance School of Milwaukee0.1 mi · 141
- Elm Creative Arts Elementary0.1 mi · 335
- Golda Meir School0.4 mi · 1,192
- Milwaukee College Preparatory School -- Lloyd Street0.5 mi · 492
- Siefert Elementary0.5 mi · 174
- UpGrade Media Arts Schools0.5 mi · 10
Frequently asked questions
About Roosevelt MiddleWhat is the total enrollment at Roosevelt Middle?
Roosevelt Middle enrolls approximately 270 students in grades 06-08.
Is Roosevelt Middle an elementary, middle, or high school?
Roosevelt Middle is a middle school covering grades 06-08.
How many teachers does Roosevelt Middle have?
Roosevelt Middle employs 16 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 17.2:1.
How diverse is Roosevelt Middle?
Roosevelt Middle reports a student body of 1% White, 4% Hispanic, 89% Black, 1% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Who oversees Roosevelt Middle?
Roosevelt Middle is overseen by Milwaukee School District in Milwaukee County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.